Polishing outfit.



T. SAKATA.

POLISHING OUTFIT.

APPLICATION man AUGJZ. 1914.

mmmfim Patented A r 113, 1915.

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1' 1 U SAKATA, 0F LUS ANGELES, CWUDMJN POLISHING OUTFIT. V

Application filed August 12, 191- 11. I serial No. hhdgtwfi.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that T, Tnnuo SAKATA, a subject of the Emperor of Japan,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Polishing Outfit, of whichthe following is a specification.

' An object of this invention is to make provision for the convenientholding and using of shoe polish or the like and for holding thenecessary implements for applying said polish to shoes or the like.

Another object is to make provision for holding the polish box after ithas been opened, so that soiling of the hands will be prevented.

Another object is to provide a construction which will eliminate openingand closing the cover of the polish box when it is desired to use thepolish, and this is a great advantage because to insure that the polishwill not dry out and harden, it is customary to make the covers of thepolish boxes to fit very tightly, thereby causing great difficulty inopening the boxes when it is desired to use the polish.

Another object is to make provision for securely holding polish boxes ofvarious aizes.

Other objects and advantages may appear in connection with the drawingsfiled herewith and in the subjoined detail description.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention open ready for use. Fig.2 is a vertical midsection of the device shown in Fig. 1 in closedposition. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1, the polishing implementsbeing omitted and the device being turned at an angle of forty-fivedegrees from the showing in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view of the frictioncloth extended for use.

There are provided two tubular receptacles 1, 2, preferably cylindrical,the receptacle 1 being for holding polishing implements such, forinstance, as a dauber 3, a brush 4, a friction cloth 5, a shoehorn 6 anda buttonhook 7, said implement receptacle being preferably divided bypartitions 8, 9,

10 so as to produce four separate compartments 11, 12, 13, 14, thecompartment 11 holding the dauber, the compartment 12 holding the brush,the compartment 13 holding the friction cloth, and the compartment 14holding the shoehorn and buttonhook. The receptacle 1 1s hinged at 15 tothe receptacle 2, and the receptacle 2 is provided with box-retainingmeans which will now be described.

with a cylindrical inner ring or annular The receptacle 2 is providedinternally band 16 which is somewhat shorter than the receptacle 2 sothat the rim ofthe inner annular band will be in a plane between theplane of the rim of the receptacle 2 and the bottom of the receptacle 2to form an annular shoulder, and the circumferential wall of said innerannular band fits snugly against the circumferential wall of thereceptacle 2. The inner annular band 16' is provided with clamping meansand in this instance said clamping means comprise two diametricallyopposite semi-cylindrical adjustable clampmg jaws 17 which areyieldingly held toward the axis of the annular band 16 by leaf springs18 or the like, said springs being fastened to the jaws at theirmiddlepoints and resting against the inner annular band at their outer ends.The jaws 17 securely and releasably hold a box 19 of shoe polish or thelike, and it is evident that different sizes of boxes can beaccommodated in the receptacle 2 and securely held by reason of theabove described construction.

Means are provided to tightly cover the inner annular band 16 and box 19so as to prevent air from entering the box and evaporating the moisturecontained in the polilsh and these means also are designed to cover thecompartments 11, 12, 13, 14:, in the receptacle 1 and to'separate saidreceptacle and compartments from the receptacle 2, a receptacle spacedinside of the annular band 16, and-for this purpose there is provided adiaphragm or lid 20 of smaller diameter than the receptacles 1, 2 anddesigned to rest upon the rim of the inner annular band 16, said lidbeing hinged at 21 to the receptacle 2 diametrically opposite the hinge15 so as to swing away from the hinge 15 when the receptacles 1, 2 arein open position.

The receptacles 1, 2 are preferably of like diameters so that when theyare closed in axial alinement with one another, the rims thereof abutone another, said rims being preferably formed into beads 22, 23respectively.

The receptacles 1, 2 are normally held in closed position, axiallyalined and abutting one another by a resilient latch clip 24 which isfastened by suitable means as a rivet 25 to one of the receptacles, inthis instance the receptacle 1, and is bent around the beads 22,

23' so as to hold said beads together to latch the receptacles 1, 2against opening.

force outward and'a box of polish inserted, said box having firstbeen'freed of its cover, not shown.' The device is now ready for use andthe user will preferably steady the device by grasping the receptacle 1as a handle while rubbing the dauber 3 on the polish, it being notedthat in this way the .hands of the user need not come near the polishbox and consequently the hands'will not be soiled and stained by thepolish as is generally the case where provision has not been made tosuitably hold thepolish box. The user will then manipulate the variouspolishing implements 3, 4, 5 as desired and as well understood, and whenthe polishing operation is completed the lid 20 will be closeddown overthe inner annular band 16 and the receptacles 1, 2 will be closedagainst one another and latched by means of the latch cli 24.

from the foregoing it is clear that thedevice is a great convenience,since all the'necessary polishing material. and implements for polishingand putting on shoes are kept in a unitary device, of'minimum size andappropriate shape for packing in trunks and the like, so as to beespecially serviceable to travelers.

1. A polishing outfit comprising two receptacles hinged together, anannular band inside of one of said'receptacles, and a lid hinged to oneof said receptacles, said lid being of a smaller diameter than thereceptacles and designed to fit over the edge of the band to tightlyclose the same.

2. A polishing outfit coinprising two receptacles hinged together, anannular band -ms1de-of and shorter than one of the receptacles, meansinsideof the annular band to securely hold a box of polish, and a lid Inractice the clamping jaws 17 will be hinged to one of said receptaclesand designed'to close down tightly over the edge of the annular band.

3. A polishing outfit comprising two receptacles hinged together, anannular band inside of and shorter than .one of said close down" anddesigned to rest against the outer edge of the annular band and againstthe outer edge of said partition when said receptacles are closedtogether.

4. A polishing outfit comprising an implement receptacle, provided withlongitudinally extending partitions, asecond receptacle hinged to saidimplement receptacle, an annular band inside of and shorter than thesecond receptacle, and a lid designed to close between the outer ends ofthe partitions and the rim of the annular band.

5. A polishing outfit comprising two tubular receptacles of likediameter hinged together and designed to close together so that theirrims abut one another, means forming an annular shoulder inside of oneof said receptacles, and a lid hinged to one of the receptacles anddesigned to rest against the

